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Women, Power, and the New Governance Landscape in West and Central Africa
This 2026 analysis moves beyond counting women in office to examine the colonial and institutional structures that continue to restrict political authority in West and Central Africa.
- African Feminism
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
Feminism and Women's Rights Movements: A Journey Toward Equality
This article provides an in-depth exploration of the definition of feminism, its historical development (including three waves and cyberfeminism), and its importance in contemporary society. It details the various forms of gender discrimination and explains why specific women's rights are necessary, emphasizing that women's rights are human rights.
- Feminism
- Women's Rights
- Gender Equality
From Women's March to People's March: The Evolution of Resistance in 2025
On January 18, 2025, tens of thousands joined the rebranded 'People's March' protesting Trump's second inauguration. While smaller than the 2017 event, the 2025 marches reflect a shift from mass mobilization to strategic, long-term grassroots and legislative action.
- Political Participation
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Gender Equality
Beijing+30: A Critical Moment for Global Women's Rights
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Despite progress, 24% of countries report backlash on gender equality, and 10% of women still live in extreme poverty. This is a critical moment to renew commitments.
- Political Participation
- Economic Empowerment
- Historical Feminism
From Suffrage Movements to #MeToo: The Enduring Global Fight for Gender Equality
This article traces the evolution of feminist movements from the 19th-century suffrage campaigns to the digital activism of the #MeToo era. It explores the four waves of feminism, their historical contexts, and the persistent global challenges to gender equality, including political representation, reproductive rights, and social stigma.
- First Wave Feminism
- Intersectional Feminism
- Political Participation
Women @ Work 2025: Care, Health, and the Retention Crisis
Deloitte's survey of 7,500 women across 15 countries maps workplace inequality through health, unpaid care, safety, and retention rather than treating advancement as an individual problem.
- Workplace Equality
- Gender Pay Gap
- Glass Ceiling
Top Feminists of 2024: From Texas Lawsuits to Global Movements
Ms. Magazine honors 2024's most influential feminists, including the 27 women who sued Texas over its abortion ban, Kamala Harris, Black women voters, and brave women fighting for rights globally.
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Political Participation
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Reproductive Rights in the Digital Surveillance Era: When Technology Becomes a Tool of Oppression
In the post-Roe era, digital privacy has suddenly become a matter of life and death for abortion seekers. Period tracking apps, search histories, and location data can all become evidence for prosecution. This article analyzes how digital surveillance threatens reproductive freedom and how women can protect their digital privacy.
- Digital Feminism
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Bodily Autonomy
Intersectional Feminism and the Climate Crisis: The Perfect Storm of 2024
Climate shocks, tech-driven discrimination, economic stress, and regressive politics are converging into a perfect storm hitting the most marginalized hardest. Intersectional analysis reveals how multiple oppressions interact.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Climate Justice
- Race and Gender
Bridging the gap: How Kenya’s National Care Policy can drive gender equality
UN Women uses Kenya’s National Care Policy process to show how time-use evidence can inform childcare, social protection, labor rights, and basic-service reform.
- Care Economy
- Global Feminism
- Economic Empowerment
Unpaid care work prevents 708 million women from participating in the labour market
ILO labor-force data identifies unpaid care as a major structural barrier to women’s employment and shows how region, income, and family institutions widen the gap.
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
- Workplace Equality
Breaking Free: Why 'Equality' Is a Patriarchal Lie
New book 'Breaking Free' reveals how 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that keeps women and marginalized communities chasing an unattainable goal. True liberation requires not equality, but freedom.
- Radical Feminism
- Capitalism Critique
- Race and Gender
#MeToo 2024 Report: Rates of Sexual Harassment and Assault Still High
The 2024 #MeToo report reveals that four in five women have experienced sexual assault or harassment in their lifetime, with 37% experiencing it in the workplace. Despite years of the #MeToo movement, sexual violence remains pervasive. Over 68 million U.S. adults experienced sexual harassment or assault in the past year alone.
- MeToo Movement
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Workplace Equality
ILO-Magdalene social experiment: Women spend 100 hours of unpaid care work a week
An ILO and Magdalene time-use experiment makes Indonesian women’s invisible care hours concrete, showing how family responsibility consumes rest, paid work, and autonomy.
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
- Workplace Equality
Project 2025: A Dystopian Future for Women's Rights in America
Led by the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 far-right organizations, 'Project 2025' is an 887-page policy blueprint calling for the deletion of terms like 'gender equality' and 'reproductive rights' from federal regulations. This document is a comprehensive declaration of war on women's rights.
- Political Participation
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Anti-Feminism Studies
Unpacking the care society: Caring for people and the planet
UN Women defines care as a public good and social infrastructure, connecting gender equality, climate crisis, public services, and care workers’ rights in one policy framework.
- Care Economy
- Climate Justice
- Global Feminism
The US War on Reproductive Rights Should Concern Women Everywhere
In the United States, women's reproductive rights are rapidly being eroded. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, nearly 30 states have restricted abortion access. This war on bodily autonomy threatens not just America, but women's rights globally.
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Bodily Autonomy
- Anti-Sexual Violence
WHO report reveals gender inequalities at the root of global crisis in health and care work
WHO connects the concentration of women in paid and unpaid care with low wages and underinvestment, showing that the care crisis is a structural result of devaluing women’s work.
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
- Workplace Equality
Equal Pay Day 2024: Gender Pay Gap Hits Historic Low - But Remains Too Large
In 2024, women in the US earn an average of only 85% of what men earn, with the gender pay gap reaching a historic low of 18% but progress remains painfully slow. Women with advanced degrees face an even larger pay gap, losing over $32,500 annually. This economic inequality is not just a personal loss but a manifestation of systemic discrimination.
- Equal Pay
- Workplace Equality
- Economic Empowerment
Patriarchy Is Regaining Ground: UN Chief Warns of Unprecedented Threats to Women's Rights
UN Secretary-General António Guterres issues stark warning at the 2024 Commission on the Status of Women: 'Patriarchy is far from vanquished; it is regaining ground.' From Afghanistan to America, from digital spaces to political stages, women's rights are under systematic attack and decades of progress are being reversed.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Political Participation
- Gender Equality
Gender Bias in AI: The 2024 Wake-Up Call
New research reveals 44% of AI systems show gender bias, while women's underrepresentation in tech is making it worse. From ChatGPT to image generators, AI is reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes.
- Digital Feminism
- AI Ethics
- Gender Discrimination
The Status of the Women’s Movement in Africa
This policy brief examines the strength, fragmentation, financing, and political space of women’s movements across Africa, emphasizing that durable equality depends on autonomous collective power.
- African Feminism
- Social Movements
- Political Participation
How Feminism Ends?
This article starts from bodily experience to critique contemporary feminism's over-abstraction of 'gender,' exploring the inescapability of the female body, the predicament of gender theory, and the tension between women's freedom and self-exhaustion.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Trans Feminism
- Feminist Psychology
The 4B Movement: Political Practice as Radical Negativity
The 4B movement (no marriage, no childbirth, no dating, no sex with men) is not merely a defensive retreat from extreme patriarchy, but a courageous 'political strike' aimed at paralyzing the mechanisms of patriarchal reproduction.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Social Movements
- Sexual Liberation